Posted by BJOkay. this is hypothetical. So if you happen to know my wife, just because this may sound like something that might happen between her and I doesn’t mean it is about her and I. Okay?)

A man asks his wife in the morning, “How did you sleep?”

The wife responds, “I had a strange dream.

I was in a very large hot air balloon that fell into the sea and it sank very far under water and I was hanging on to the rails and trying to find you but then a dog with some kind of purple toy in its mouth swam over and I thought I could grab its tail and he would pull me out but when I did he tried to bite me and we sank even further but then we fell into a hole under the water and we were suddenly outside and we were completely dry and it was bright sunshine and we were sitting at a picnic lunch and you had already eaten and I was annoyed with you because you hadn’t waited for me to join you and you said you had waited and that I had called and said to start without me and I said I couldn’t have called you because I was in a hot air balloon and then I was under the water and I didn’t think cell phones worked under water and you said you were sorry and said you would sit with me while I ate. And while we were eating a man came by and asked if we had seen a hot air balloon go into the lake and I said yes we were on the balloon and explained how it had fallen into the sea and how the dog had tried to bite me and then how we had fallen into the hole and then found ourselves here at the picnic and I asked the man if he would like some lunch so I would have company while I was eating since you had already eaten.”

You’ll note that while I did receive a great deal of information when I asked my hypothetical wife “How did you sleep?” she didn’t answer the question I asked.

I’m guessing some of you have read or reviewed or even written proposal content that might be somewhat similar to this response.

Well, your wife’s answer certainly was much more interesting. Another thing we must always keep in mind are the differences in the way men versus women think. Any woman would read that and immediately know the answer was “Not well!” A man, with a more linear thinking process would be completely lost. Not only should you answer the question (and be concise), but don’t assume your audience can make connections that are obvious to you.

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Robin

3/26/2016 04:45:21 am

I give it 1 and 1/4 stars, Ed, due its entertaining and imaginative content.

It could’ve gotten 3 stars if it simply started with, “Not very well because of this crazy dream I had. If interested in further information, please see Appendix 1.”